For Zitkála Šá Series (For Cheryl L’Hirondelle)

© Raven Chacon. Image courtesy of Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts. For educational purposes…

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Artist/Maker Raven Chacon (Navajo, born 1977)

Date2019

MediumLithograph

DimensionsSheet: 11 × 8 9/16 in. (27.9 × 21.7 cm) Frame: 18 7/8 × 14 7/8 × 2 in. (47.9 × 37.8 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Katherine Hastings ‘82 and David Nathans ‘72

Object number2021.8.1.6

Not on view

DescriptionInstructions for performance by Raven Chacon: For Cheryl L'Hirondelle Presented are five groupings of pitches For each grouping, compose and sing a melodic line that gives advice. Interpret each grouping as a contour, as macro or micro as desired. All five lines can become one song or become five separate songs. To be performed in the dark.

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Native American Art

Additional Details

Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts.

Markings Stamp: ochre Crow's Shadow Press chop on verso at lower left;
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.

Signature Signed on verso at lower right in pencil.

Inscribed "FOR CHERYL L'HIRONDELLE" at upper right in ochre ink;
"7/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP19-102" on verso at lower left in pencil.